"You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words."

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Source : Ngaio Marsh (1996). “Death on the Air and Other Stories”, HarperCollins Publishers

Ngaio Marsh

#Writing Quotes #Design Quotes #Mastery Quotes

“Every time I start off a book or a story I feel like I'm developing a new style or approach for that individual story alone, and it sometimes feels as if readers are looking for the same style/approach from the same writer over and over again, which hasn't helped me in the publishing biz.”

Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 15)". Interview with Brandon Hobson, believermagblog.wordpress.com. September 10, 2013.
“Bittersweet is kind of my own favourite style because I want to be able to cry to the same song that I also can laugh to.”

Source : "Interview: Icona Pop's Aino Jawo on Their New Album, 'This Is... Icona Pop'". "Coup De Main" Interview, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. November 25, 2013.
“Someone invent a NO LIFE alert so you can push a button and tons of people show up and hang out with you.”
“Since I reached the conclusion that the essence of the creative person is being in love with what one is doing, I have had a growing awareness that this characteristic makes possible all the other personality characteristics of the creative person: independence of thought and judgment, honesty, perseverance, curiosity, willingness to take risks and the like.”
“Man needs color to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water.”
“Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.”

Source : Edwin S. Shneidman (1998). “The Suicidal Mind”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA
“There's always some pressure to achieve something. You make a pilot, but you don't know if you're going to get a show. And then, you make a show, but you don't know if people are going to watch. And then, people watch, but you don't know if enough people are watching.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”

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